{"product_id":"fueling-development-how-black-radical-trade-unionism-transformed-trinidad-and-tobago-hardback-9781478029052","title":"Fueling Development; How Black Radical Trade Unionism Transformed Trinidad and Tobago (Hardback) 9781478029052","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFueling Development\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow Black Radical Trade Unionism Transformed Trinidad and Tobago\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eZophia Edwards (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781478029052\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 September 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages, 7 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.572 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eFueling Development\u003c\/em\u003e is a timely and important contribution to both Black and Caribbean scholarship. Combining rigorous scholarship and the innovative methodologies of the Black Radical Tradition, Zophia Edwards asks searing questions that offer important insights concerning Trinidad and Tobago’s political economy and the relationship between race and class in Caribbean postcolonies.” - Brian Meeks, author of \u003ci\u003eAfter the Postcolonial Caribbean: Memory, Imagination, Hope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Drawing from and carrying on the Black radical tradition, Zophia Edwards develops the concept of liberation unionism to make sense of seemingly confounding developmental achievements in colonial and postcolonial Trinidad and Tobago. At the heart of her theoretically insightful and meticulously researched history is the agency of working people, compelling and shaping the state to address the needs of the masses. \u003cem\u003eFueling Development\u003c\/em\u003e reminds us of what organized labor movements can be: Black-led, broadly inclusive, internationalist, and societally transformative.” - Moon-Kie Jung, author of \u003ci\u003eBeneath the Surface of White Supremacy: Denaturalizing U.S. Racisms Past and Presents\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDespite Trinidad and Tobago’s economic dependence on oil and gas production and its history of colonial exploitation of labor and resources, it enjoys relatively high democratic and redistributive development compared to other nations in the global South. In \u003cem\u003eFueling Development\u003c\/em\u003e, Zophia Edwards draws on archival data, historical analysis, and Black radical political economic thought to trace Trinidad and Tobago’s success to a specific form of working-class mobilization she calls “liberation unionism.” A Black radical labor tradition, liberation unionism was multiracial, multisectoral, and gender inclusive; Pan-African, anti-imperial, anticolonial, and diasporic; and it advocated not only for workplace issues, but for economic, political, and social transformation. Emerging during the colonial period, liberation unionism forced the colonial state to increase its institutional capacity to promote equitable development. The movement persisted into the post-independence period and further compelled the independent state to channel oil windfalls toward increasing its ability to better serve the needs of the people. By uncovering liberation unionism’s power to create robust social and economic change, Edwards expands understandings of the relationship between development, race, labor, and political economy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Abbreviations  ix\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  xiii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Proletarianization, Race Making, and Capital Accumulation, 1498–\u003cbr\u003e1914  19\u003cbr\u003e 2. The 1919 Uprising and the Emergence of Liberation Unionism  45\u003cbr\u003e 3. The 1937 General Strike and the Deepening of Liberation Unionism  85\u003cbr\u003e 4. Decolonization and Fortuitous Failures  113\u003cbr\u003e 5. Postindependence Resurgence of Liberation Unionism  143\u003cbr\u003e 6. Comparing Worker Movements  181\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion  199\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Methodology  213\u003cbr\u003e Notes  217\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  267\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52591026438424,"sku":"9781478029052","price":71.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fueling-development-how-black-radical-trade-unionism-transformed-trinidad-and-tobago-hardback-9781478029052","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}